Little Ice Age glaciers in Britain
Glacier–climate modelling in the Cairngorm Mountains
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 12267604 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Stephan Harrison (0000-0003-2820-7313, University of Exeter, autor de correspondencia), Ann V Rowan (0000-0002-3715-5554, Aberystwyth University), Neil F Glasser (0000-0002-8245-2670, Aberystwyth University), Jasper Knight (0000-0003-2035-9056, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa), Mitchell A Plummer (0000-0003-0716-5708, Idaho National Laboratory), Stephanie Mill (0000-0003-3228-6851, University of Plymouth), Stephanie C Mills (Plymouth University, UK) |
| Año | 2013 |
| Volumen | 24 |
| Número | 2 |
| Páginas | 135-140 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2013-12-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | The Holocene (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0959-6836 • E-ISSN: 1477-0911 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0959683613516170 |
| OpenAlex | W2171394089 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 8 |
| Referencias citadas | 25 |
It is widely believed that the last glaciers in the British Isles disappeared at the end of the Younger Dryas stadial (12.9–11.7 cal. kyr BP). Here, we use a glacier–climate model driven by data from local weather stations to show for the first time that glaciers developed during the Little Ice Age (LIA) in the Cairngorm Mountains. Our model is forced from contemporary conditions by a realistic difference in mean annual air temperature of −1.5°C and an increase in annual precipitation of 10%, and confirmed by sensitivity analyses. These results are supported by the presence of small boulder moraines well within Younger Dryas ice limits, and by a dating programme on a moraine in one cirque. As a result, we argue that the last glaciers in the Cairngorm Mountains (and perhaps elsewhere in upland Britain) existed in the LIA within the last few hundred years, rather than during the Younger Dryas
Cirque · Cirque glacier · Climate change · Climatology · Cryosphere · Geography · Geomorphology · Glacial period · Glacier · Glacier mass balance · Ice stream · Moraine · Physical geography · Rock glacier · Stadial · Younger Dryas · Cryospheric studies and observations · Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Geology · Oceanography
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| Citas por año | 0,62 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
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